Vikash Educational Charitable Trust was formed by Sri Subhas Chandra Choudhury, the Former Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise in the Indian Revenue Service along with his professional friends in 1993. Its mission is to help bright and needy students which will bring a transformational change in the quality of life of the poor families and community as a whole. Since then the Trust is scouting and selecting very bright and needy students from various Government colleges and Universities across Odisha. After selecting the students in a rigorous process,students are helped till their course is complete. Trust locates financial help from ‘ Foundations For Excellence’(FFE), USA, North South Foundation, Chicago, USA, LBW Trust,Australia, Jindal Education Society, Bangalore and from other corporates in Indian private sector and many individual donors. The selected students are financially helped, monitored and mentored by facilitators who are professionals and successful persons in their own field. Over the years students have been selected from Engineering(Degree and Diploma), MBBS, BDS, B.V.Sc,B.Sc(Ag),M.A, M.Sc, M.Com,B.A,B.Sc,B.Com,Nursing,+2 Science, Law, I.T.I etc.